As a background screening company, at AMS Inform, we have seen variety of outcomes during process of education verification.
Some of the highlights are :
- Fake documentation submitted by candidate to employer such as copies of degree or marksheets / transcripts / transfer certificate / provision degrees
- Candidate themselves gets involved in the process of verification and try and influence their own background check results.
- Fake replies received from different sources using universities/school stationary formats.
- Errors in responses from competent authorities themselves.
It is extremely critical that anyone who is in-charge of background checks have deep knowledge about how authentic Education Verifications are done.
Three things which are extremely important while doing such checks
- Always pay university/school verification fee if applicable.
- Always audit the reply received from the source. Just because it looks to be official document does not mean the reply itself is authentic.
- Education verification is not an easy job. It is time consuming and requires complete due diligence.
